How common is the surname Scull?

1,983 people in the United States had the surname Scull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,696 Americans. It ranked 14,930th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scull?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Scull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Scull getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,983 in 2010, down 3.6%.

The surname Scull

An English nickname surname, carried by 1,983 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scull is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Middle English surname, used as a nickname and related to skull.

Scull is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,983 people named Scull in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,696 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,056.

#14,930

rank among US surnames

1,983

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-3.6%

change since 2000 (was #13,548)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,930	Delaluz	1,983	155,696
#14,933	Sutliff	1,982	155,775
#14,937	Einhorn	1,981	155,853

Who is named Scull

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Scull identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scull

Scull has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scull come from?: From the Middle English surname, used as a nickname and related to skull.
How common is the surname Scull?: 1,983 people in the United States had the surname Scull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,696 Americans. It ranked 14,930th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scull?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Scull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Scull?: Scull is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Scull getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,983 in 2010, down 3.6%.